Frebini Tube Feeds offer an innovative nutritional support for kids

to improve the quality of life

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Formulated to meet higher energy needs of nutritionally vulnerable children: Frebini® Tube Feeds 

Early enteral nutritional support for critically ill children is safe and effective, and can significantly improve the nutritional status of critically ill children.1

Frebini® Tube Feeds are developed based on state of the art scientific evidence with long-term clinical experience to support higher energy needs of children with or at risk of malnutrition.2
 

 

Indications for additional nutrition support:


Failure to thrive

Failure to thrive

Eating disorders

Eating disorders

Insufficient food intake

Insufficient food intake

Loss of appetite

Loss of appetite


Enhanced energy and nutrient needs due to:

• Cystic fibrosis

• Crohn’s disease

• Chronic catabolic diseases, e.g., cancer, HIV

• Trauma

• Post-surgery

• Neurological impairment

• Physical disablement

• Congenital heart disease

 

For the nutritional management of children with disease-related malnutrition, tube feeding is an important option with physiological advantages:3

 Maintenance of intestinal mucosal integrity 

 Preventing bacterial translocation

 Decreased rate of infection 

 Improved immune response

Reduced stress response due to the illness or injury

 Decreased morbidity and mortality

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Nutritionally complete, well-balanced and innovative 

Frebini® Tube Feeds*

 

  • First on the market with fish oil in paediatric tube feeds
  • Highest in DHA** in standard tube feeds for children ≥ 1 year - essential for the retina and brain development
  • Highest in EPA*** n-3 LCPUFA▴ from fish oil in standard tube feeds for children ≥ 1 year - particularly beneficial for chronically or acutely ill patients with inflammatory conditions

 

* Frebini® products are food for special medical purposes, that have to be used under medical supervision.
** DHA – docosahexaenoic acid
*** EPA – eicosapentaenoic acid

▴ long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

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The holistic approach

Considering the best option for everyone

Real-life experiences and insights from our patients and their families show us that Frebini® Tube Feeds not only help to nutritionally support children, they also help to improve their quality of life. Tube feeds give families and nursing staff the chance to save time and energy from feeding times and provide parents with the confidence of efficiently improving their kids’ nutritional status. 

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Real-life experiences with Frebini® Tube Feeds

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Meet Matys

He is a footballer, a tennis player, and a climber who lives with a feeding tube and has an inspiring story with valuable insights…

Discover Leni’s story

Being introduced to tube feeds gave Leni’s family more time to cuddle, play and spend quality time with each other. Discover how tube feeds helped improve the quality of life for Leni and her family…

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Frebini® Tube Feeds come in both standard energy (1,0 kcal/ml) and high energy (1,5 kcal/ml) variants with and without fibre


Explore the products page to learn more about Frebini® Original Products

Explore the products page to learn more about Frebini® Energy Products




References:

1. Mehta NM, Skillman HE, Irving SY, Coss-Bu JA, Vermilyea S, Farrington EA, et al. Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Pediatric Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017;18(7):675-715.

2. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies. Scientific Opinion on the essential composition of infant and follow-on formulae. 2014;12(7):3760

3. Brown AM, Carpenter D, Keller G, Morgan S, Irving SY. Enteral Nutrition in the PICU: Current Status and Ongoing Challenges. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2015 Jun;4(2):111-120. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1559806. PMID: 31110860; PMCID: PMC6513145.




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